Scrum. Ruck. Mulligrubber. Knock-on. Maul. Grubberkick.
For anyone unfamiliar with the sport of rugby, these terms might sound like components of a foreign language. For Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Gamache, an avid rugby player for over 10 years, these words make up her daily lexicon....
Hometown: Elizabeth City, NC

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Gamache, a machinery technician with the Maintenance Augmentation Team at Base Portsmouth, Virginia, poses for a portrait in the Naval Engineering Department on base, Feb. 27, 2018. Gamache, a rugby player for 10 years, recently served as co-captain on the first Coast Guard women’s rugby team during the Las Vegas Invitational tournament from March......
Hometown: Elizabeth City, NC

NORFOLK (Feb. 6, 2018) Board members waits to hear the response from a Sailor of the Year candidate after being presented a question. The Sailor of the Year program was established in 1972 by the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Whittet to recognize an individual Sailor who best represented the ever-growing group of dedicated......
Hometown: Norfolk, VA

NORFOLK (Feb. 5, 2018) Morale Welfare and Recreation coaches and Chiefs tally team points prior to the awarding of the first Sailor of the Year physical training competition trophy at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads gym. The Sailor of the Year program was established in 1972 by the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Whittet to......
Hometown: Norfolk, VA

Marines with Marine Barracks Washington D.C. support a full honors funeral for Col. Travis M. Provost at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Feb. 12, 2018. Provost joined the U.S. Marine Corps on November 10, 1989 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1990. He deployed six times supporting multiple operations, including Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005, and retired in April......
Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA

PORT OF SHUAIBA, KUWAIT – The 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) and the 371st Sustainment Brigade (SB) assisted the 335th Transportation Detachment to procure the movement of vehicles aboard the U.S. Army’s SP/4 James A Loux, or LSV-6, January 12, 2017, at Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait to kick off Exercise Iron Union....
Hometown: Smithfield, VA